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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Columbus, OH · November 9, 1996

Date
November 9, 1996 · 00:40 local
Place
Columbus, OH
Airport
Rickenbacker Angb Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4790G
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
115 total100 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft landed without contacting the tower. An ATC employee approached the pilot after parking. It was determined that the pilot transmitted on the wrong frequency and got no response. The pilot thought the tower was closed and reported the downwind base and final legs and landed. The ATC employee gave the pilot the correct frequencies and he later departed without further incident. I counseled the pilot in the areas of pre-flight planning, ATC procedures and night operations specifically for lck airport. He demonstrated an excellent attitude and said he'd learned from this incident so as not to repeat it. Airman competency is applicable simply because he tuned the wrong frequency. A violation of FAR 91.103 exists because the pilot did not know for certain the hours of operation of lck tower. There are several publications available containing this info.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT CONTACTING THE TOWER. AN ATC EMPLOYEE APPROACHED THE PILOT AFTER PARKING. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT TRANSMITTED ON THE WRONG FREQUENCY AND GOT NO RESPONSE. THE PILOT THOUGHT THE TOWER WAS CLOSED AND REPORTED THE DOWNWIND BASE AND FINAL LEGS AND LANDED. THE ATC EMPLOYEE GAVE THE PILOT THE CORRECT FREQUENCIES AND HE LATER DEPARTED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. I COUNSELED THE PILOT IN THE AREAS OF PRE-FLIGHT PLANNING, ATC PROCEDURES AND NIGHT OPERATIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR LCK AIRPORT. HE DEMONSTRATED AN EXCELLENT ATTITUDE AND SAID HE'D LEARNED FROM THIS INCIDENT SO AS NOT TO REPEAT IT. AIRMAN COMPETENCY IS APPLICABLE SIMPLY BECAUSE HE TUNED THE WRONG FREQUENCY. A VIOLATION OF FAR 91.103 EXISTS BECAUSE THE PILOT DID NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN THE HOURS OF OPERATION OF LCK TOWER. THERE ARE SEVERAL PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE CONTAINING THIS INFO.